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Cypraea caputserpentis
Snakehead Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1940
- Locality
- Makapuu Point
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.3095, -157.6497 ± 205 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Monetaria caputserpentis observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1940. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 185 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-23.
2026-10-23
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-10-04
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-10-04
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-23
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea caputserpentis. BPBM 231745. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36275412. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/231745.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36275412 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026